George S. Patton

"Some goddamn general once said that flanking movements win battles; frontal assaults are for sissies."

"Strength and courage are a soldier's greatest weapons."

"Strong resistance indicates an important objective."

"Study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft."

"Successful generals, almost without exception, are not of the bold type."

"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."

"The Army is the only place where a man can still be a man."

"The future is uncertain. History is obscure. But once a decision is made, it must be executed with all possible speed and force."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

"The one who adapts his tactics to the enemy will lose. The one whose tactics force his enemy to adapt will win."

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."

"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear."

"There is only one kind of discipline, perfect discipline."

"There's not much to life, after all. There are women, duty, and the rear end of a horse."

"These men are heroes."

"This is an hour of decision for the Allies. We need to make a decision."

"To be a successful soldier you must know history."

"To win the war we will have to eliminate the German and the Japanese armies by employing force."

"Troops are the slaves of the General Staff."

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do."

"Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think."

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"War is very simple. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on."

"Waste not a minute, not a second."

"We hope for the best and prepare for the worst."

"We herd them like cattle, then expect them to act like lions."

"When everyone is trying to be the best, everyone is rising to meet that level."

"When you understand the power of attitude, you understand that believing becomes the beginning of achieving."

"Whenever you make a decision, make it with the full conviction that you will carry it through."

"Winning is the only acceptable form of success."